Topology optimization: A new microstructure-based design domain method

Computers and Structures

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 781-788

  Gea, Hae Chang ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY; VOLUME FRACTION;

MICROSTRUCTURE BASED DESIGN DOMAIN METHOD; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030311681     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(96)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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